Borneo and Sumatra

Coffee Report

Indonesia's Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is under pressure from illegal coffee cultivation.

A recent report by WWF finds coffee lovers the world over are unknowingly drinking coffee illegally grown inside one of the world's most important national parks for tigers, elephants and rhinos -- Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia.

Illegally grown coffee is mixed with legally grown coffee beans and sold to such companies as Kraft Foods and Nestle among other major companies in the U.S. and abroad.

 

> Full Report, Gone in an Instant, (PDF 7.4 MB)

> Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park Fact Sheet (PDF 403 KB)

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Ginny Ng

Senior Program Officer
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"We need to look for solutions on these two islands which address the needs of the people while maintaining the health of the ecosystem they live in. We can no longer be complacent – a balance needs to be found or we risk losing it all."

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